Ncad.ie:爱尔兰国立艺术设计学院是爱尔兰老牌的设计类院校，成立于1746年；一直从事艺术设计教育。直到1936年成为爱尔兰国立艺术设计学院。
爱尔兰国立艺术设计学院起源于一个私人的绘画学校，素描、风景画和建筑制图三个专业贯串整个18世纪，1811年学校规模扩大;1877年改名为都柏林艺术学校，1936年成为爱尔兰国立艺术设计学院。
学院位于都柏林有着悠久历史的托马斯街，有750个全日制的学生和800个业余学生，开设四个科系:设计、教育、艺术和艺术设计历史及补充研究。颁发爱尔兰国立大学认可的文凭和学位证书。
国立艺术设计学院在爱尔兰艺术与设计领域占有独特的位置。学院为本科生和研究生提供多种艺术设计的学位，在爱尔兰有很多艺术家和设计家曾经毕业于该学院。
The National College of Art and Design occupies a unique position in art and design education in Ireland. It offers the largest range of art and design degrees in the state at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
In the past many of the most important Irish artists, designers and art teachers have studied or taught in the College. It has long been the central and most important art and design educational institution in Ireland.
The origins of the College date from 1746 when Robert West had a private drawing school in George's Lane, Dublin, which was taken over by the Dublin Society (later the RDS). Throughout the eighteenth century there were three schools: Figure Drawing, Landscape and Ornamental Drawing and Architectural Drawing. The School of Modelling was added in 1811. From 1854 the institution was controlled by the Department of Science and Art, London. In 1877 it was renamed The Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. The Department of Education took control in 1924, and twelve years later it became the National College of Art. In 1971 the National College of Art and Design was established by act of an tOireachtas and is now governed by a board (An Bord) appointed by the Minister for Education and Science.
